Our Initiatives
Prevention Approaches
In order to achieve behavior change, Partners in Prevention recommends a comprehensive approach to prevention using four strategies.
Research and Evaluation
Partners in Prevention is committed to on-going evaluation of its programs and services as well as the behaviors of Missouri college students.
Campus/Community Coalition Development
Partners in Prevention and Partners in Environmental Change, PIP’s sister coalition dedicated to reducing underage drinking, currently support the development and growth of campus/community coalitions in each of the twelve PIP communities.
Training and Technical Assistance
One of the goals of Partners in Prevention is to provide training and technical assistance services to the institutional members.
Each Partners in Prevention institution has designed strategic plans for prevention using a comprehensive approach rooted in four strategies:
Research and EvaluationEnvironmental Management:
An integrated combination of programs, policies and education designed to create a campus and community environment that supports and encourages good decision making about alcohol and other drugs. Environmental management strategies employed on the twelve campuses include coalition building, policy refinement and enforcement, and law enforcement operations. For more information on Environmental Management, visit http://www.higheredcenter.org/environmental-management.Social Norming:
Students drink to the extent that they think their peers are drinking. At the same time they overestimate how much their peers are drinking. As a result, they drink to keep up with an imaginary peer group that does not exist. If we educate them as to how much their peers actually drink students will, in fact, drink less. For more information on Social Norming, visit these websites:Prevention Education:
Peer Education and other planned activities which educate students about their health decisions. For more information on Peer Education, visit http://www.bacchusgamma.org/.Harm Reduction:
Initiatives, such as designated driver programs and counseling interventions for at-risk students, which assist students engaging in high risk behavior, manage those risks through behavior modification.For more information on the statewide Missouri designated driver program, visit http://cheers.missouri.edu/.
For more information on motivational interviewing, see http://www.motivationalinterview.org/.
For more information on the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS), see http://www.modelprograms.samhsa.gov/.
Information coming soon!
Campus/Community Coalition Development
Partners in Prevention and Partners in Environmental Change, PIP’s sister coalition dedicated to reducing underage drinking, currently support the development and growth of campus/community coalitions in each of the thirteen PIP communities. These coalitions meet regularly to discuss issues related to high risk drinking, underage drinking, and other college health issues.
Downloads:
- Assessing Community Coalitions
- Campus Community Coalition Assessment Instrument
- Six Elements of Coalition Effectiveness
Monthly Meetings and Networking
On the first Friday of each month, professionals, law enforcement, and students from the 12 PIP campuses meet in Columbia, Missouri for their monthly meeting. This is a time for campuses to share struggles, challenges, and success stories as well as to be trained on some of the hottest issues in prevention. Meetings are held in Columbia, Missouri.
Meeting of the Minds
In the spring, PIP coordinates and hosts an annual prevention conference, Meeting of the Minds. The conference provides an opportunity for colleges, universities, and state agencies to send representatives to share ideas, collect new resources, and interact with other prevention professionals in Missouri as well as other neighboring states. Meeting of the Minds presents two days of conference sessions about alcohol and other drug use, campus/community collaboration, peer education, research design and methodologies, and other wellness issues.
Visit the Meeting of the Minds website
